1. Animal Farm Vocabulary Words

See p. 192 of Interactive Reader for definitions

dilapidated (adj.)

laborious (adj.)

squalor (n.)

compatriots (n.)

prophesied (v.)

conspicuously (adv.)

tactics (n.)

decree (v.)


2. "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" Vocabulary. 12 words.

See p. 586 of textbook for definitions

stench (n.)

impeded (v. used as adj.)

magnanimous (adj.)

reverence (n.)

frivolous (adj.)

impertinences (n.)

ingenuous (adj.)

prudence (n.)

cataclysm (n.)

providential (adj.)

affliction (n.)

lament (v.)


3. "R.M.S. Titanic" Vocabulary. 10 words.

See p. 329 of Textbook for definitions

superlative (adj.)

ascertain (v.)

corroborated (v.)

quelled (v.)

poised (v. used as adj.)

perfunctory (adj.)

garbled (v. used as adj.)

recriminations (n.)

pertinent (adj.)

vainly (adv.)